Digital music sales tripled in 2005

Purchases of songs for music players, services for mobile phones totaled $1.1 billion, industry group says.

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[rcrusoe]

Subscription services

"Subscription services like RealNetworks' Rhapsody, Napster and
Yahoo Music, which offer "all you can eat" music for a monthly
fee, grew from 1.5 million to 2.8 million subscribers."

And yet, Napster is rumored to be on the verge of closing. IMO
subscription services will never be successful like the "you pay
for it you own it" business model like iTunes.

Who wants to lose access to their music just because they can't
get online while on vacation, etc., or want to keep paying every
month to keep the bulk of their music library from disappearing?

Everyone I know that has tried a subscription service has
dropped in within a couple of months. Most people I know that
get their music online have never even signed up for one.

[skeptik]

is that a fact?

The music industry, whose sales have plunged since the advent of file-sharing networks like Kazaa,

I think you already know this isn't true. Publish some proof or stop parroting what your sponsors want you to say. Other stories you've published have shown sales growing etc. You need to be consistent if you wish to be believed.